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- Seanad: Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (8 May 2024)
Eugene Murphy: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte. I extend a special welcome to the friends of Senator Clonan - the guests, parents, carers and disabled citizens, all of whom are advocates for disability rights. Céad míle fáilte. This is an important day for them. This is Committee Stage of the Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023. It is to adjourn at 5.30 p.m.,...
- Seanad: Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (8 May 2024)
Tom Clonan: I thank the Minister of State for coming along this afternoon for this Bill. I welcome my guests from all over Ireland - proud disabled citizens, parents and carers, all of us advocates for the fundamental human rights of disabled citizens. On section 1 of the Bill, before I start, I wish to say this is a deceptively short Bill. It may appear to be a small step but it is not. This...
- Seanad: Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (8 May 2024)
Annie Hoey: .... I hope the tide has turned. I think the Bill is a reflection of where we are as a society; not only that we are seeking legislative change to try to improve the lives and conditions of disabled people and carers and the people who support them but also that we are seeing a societal change. I am aware of the Minister of State’s personal commitment to the cause, particularly in...
- Seanad: Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (8 May 2024)
Sharon Keogan: ...to argue this would create a greater obligation on the State because those in need of care could take the State to court. The defeat of the care referendum in the spring and the campaigning of the carers and their organisation for a "No" vote shows that even when a tokenistic constitutional acknowledgement was offered, it was rejected because it was simply not good enough. People with...
- Seanad: Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (8 May 2024)
Tom Clonan: ...human rights. That is consistent with the Government's campaign from last autumn and into the winter. Disability rights are human rights. I am mandated, under the UNCRPD, as a parent and carer, to speak to the rights and lived experience of disabled citizens. I am not just permitted to do this; I am actually mandated to do this by the UNCRPD. As parents, because we do not have the...